Food Consumed by High School Students during the School Day.

ABSTRACT: The development of healthy eating habits in adolescence is perceived as an effective strategy to avoid health problems in adulthood. The involvement of educational centres' governing boards, as well as the Educational State and Regional Administrations', may be necessary to create healthy food environments during the school day. The objective of this study is to identify the relationship between students' eating habits during the school day and sociodemographic, family and physical activity variables, as well as the existence of a school cafeteria. For this, a cross-sectional study in a stratified random sample of 8068 students of Public Secondary Education High Schools of Andalusia (Spain) has been carried out. The results show that students who are 14 years old or older are more likely t

SUBMITTER: Garrido-Fernandez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7071212 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature